Monday, January 27, 2014

Sharing on the Internet is all the rage since a few years ago. Mass adoption of social media by users represented a turning point in the use they had made ​​of the network before. The Internet user became creator and distributor of content. This change of philosophy had even a name: Web 2.0.

Nevertheless today it is not only about sharing content and ideas, but also resources. To that end, Telefónica presented its BeWifi project. This initiative encourages individuals in a community or neighborhood to "steal" or rather, borrow, some of the Wifi bandwidth that others are not using. The idea is that the subscribers to the program can benefit each other of a more reliable and faster common wireless network. You know, unity is strength.

That motto might also be in the minds of the authorities of San Jose in California. There the City Councilman proposed to his fellow citizensto donate their own security camera systems so the city police can remotely access them when they need to clarify a crime. Although it may seem like a reasonable request on behalf of the community’s security, it awakes objections on those who don’t rely on the police to make proper use of the measure.

However if you share something you should not have in your possession you could get in trouble. It is even possible that you have to face a sentence of 5 years in prison as the alleged administrators of the email hacking website needapassword.com, who were arrested in the United States. Apparently they perceived payments for obtaining the passwords of specific email accounts.

It is also possible that the number of infections on Windows XP rises from April 8 on, when Microsoft will stop its support. The grandpa of operating systems may be dangerous even disconnected from the Internet, as many threats are transmitted through external memories.

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